Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-08-28

HaM.
OolBnei Henry Landea. PFoasaenf o. thI
klfst Nasional Bank. wMs waited npoI
this morning by Ne correspondent. Re
plying - tntarrogakoriss en ne snbjaea
be said:
@The aE1iolss for the pzEposs Of inseg
IpeFaEing the Port T0wnssnd HoutharI
Railroad hava bean Fee4ivea from SAI
Francisco. Tie aenklemen wham In.
teFaaaad w0ile IN that city 1 fsw month
aR0 af1xsd theiF sianafufes. A meesins
1 wIli be hsid In this city naxA Monday
when the okficars vii be eleele0. Iii
aEticlea will then ha.zigned hY ne props
parties aud imme0iAteay alea al Olvm-
pia. After she eleeaion, khe inc0rpora
tors and ofaceEs will be pnbliuly an
nOunoe1. Enginesrs will Be IN Ghl
aeid surveying this eoute wiihtn thg
next Zen days. Tue ohiaees and pnF-
poses Of ania tnenEroxaai1n are 10 con,
stEaat, operate and maintain railroads
steamboats, end telegraph lines IN Wash.
fnRs0n Territory for the period Of hfty
years. wilh : faia paid up capital ol
TEE nxconroRkxozs.
The correspondent has sneoasded Ia
obtaining the names Of the incnEpoEa-
tors. They are: HenEy Landes, n. d.
Hill, r. w. DsIli0n, Thomas Jankman
Robert q. Hill, Lota B. HASTINGS and
II. e. Morgan, Of this city; Benjamin
Liilienthal, 8. w. Levy, b Etienman, =
Lewia and A. w. Moore. Of San Fran
cisco. -Four of the San FFancisco par
/ ties are well known. They are heavy
stookholqers in several banks Of The
Bay City.
TIE fact thar shsss gentlemen have,
through their representatives. been
heavy purchasers Of real estate, between
this city and tbs terminus 00 Columbia
river. diapels The sllehtesa donbs that
might exise that the construction Of the
Port Townsend Southern Railroad will
be actively and enegestioaIIy carried on
until completed.
The proposition said Captain De
Laon, sis 70 have the road eompieied
within two years forom Port Townsend
Bay 20 the Colombia River. This will
afforded an admirable outlet for tho
great timber and coal districts OF West
efn Washington Territory. The sur
veys will be commenced within q few
weeka. then the exact line Of the rail-
road can be definitely located. 10 will
probably take the course noted In the
PosT- -INTxLLIansCER q few weeks ago,
as that, from the present indications,
appears the most feasible
TIE PLAN or ACrIoz.
Another one Of she inccrporatoFs said:
The principal place Of business and
the residence Of the majority Of she
Board of Directors viii be In this city.
There will be seven directors elected,
two Of whom viii reside in San Fran
cisco. and the FemeininR hve In Fort
Townsend"
"Will this company enter into active
competition with other Puget Sound
Steamboat Companies" ." was asked.
'sNo. mot altogether. The object is 10
compete for the Canadian Pacific traf-
&c with other railroads. There will,
however, be line ct steamers on the
Columbia river which will make
stKonR 6Rht for thas trade against the
Northern Pacific Railroad between
Portland and Tacoma"
''AFe the San Francisco parties stock
holdeEa 10 the Union Pacific Railroad, |
and will they make che proposed Port |
Townsend road an outles tor their over
land trsfiicfn
ayes, two of them are What might be |
termed heavy stock holders IN the Uniop |
Pacific. understand that the proposed |
railroad along the west shore Of Puget |
Sound will be the northwest terminus |
Of the Union Pacific" 1
TIE oFTx's PRINTING.
The Oity Council met last evening Ia |
the City Hall. Very little business Of /
importance was transacted. The qoea-
tion OF letting the city printing came |
rp. Two bidders, The Call and the Ar |
gsse Companies, we're tn the neld. It |
appeaFs thai the newspapers have In the |
past published the Council proceedings |
free of charge, and last night they |
made @ pr6Sosition 10 the COnncil that
tbs city pay for snoh publlaAfion, simi- |
lag 10 the county peyiHg for the pub.
fishing Of the County Commiaaionefe
proceedings. Mr.. Weir Of the Argus |
said today: tB0th the Cal aad Argus
have In the past designated one figure
for doing the eity's work. The Council
proceedings have been pnblished free
Of charge, and from shis they appear 70
think that it Ii impeFatively necessary
for % TO make sush RFatis pnhlieatien,
bat We newspaper men will stand to-
RetheF on that soors,s concluded the
editor.
TEA BHrR.
The American ship A. q. Ropea.
Oaptain II. ID. Rivers, arrived this
morning in l0w OF the tug 5. L. Mas
tick. The Ropes d loaded with 47,4e5
packages Of tea, valued at $l.b0.O0,
consigned 20 eastern cities, principally
70 Chicago: 1he passage was made u
% DAYS. The first few days 0ut we're
g. aa-Aa meaA Arrof4s4 fhn
lAskeF para Of the voyage thick fegB we're
encountered. The Captains family
accompanied him on this voyage. The
Ropes has NOS been chartered from the
sound and IL the second largest ship In
The American merchant Marine hav-
ing q tonnage Of 23l2 net tons. The only
vessel in this line sailing under the
American fA9 which ID larger is the
ship Frederick Billings.
wHARx AND WAVE.
The baEkeniine Rearisveg vas towed
from Pert Hadioek 10 Zee, today, By the
tng Holyoke. ehe h bound % San
Francisco.
Ths steamship George W. Elder
loaded 500 tons Of freight aa the Quincy
street wharf and 2o0 tons Of piQ iron at
Trondnle for San Francisco. The Elder
sailed as 2 O'Clock this afternoon.
The British bark William Issachins
has received adSiess from her owners
10 pFoeeed 20 Utsalady and load lambsr
for MeibouTne, Australia.
The tnQ Tacoma towed The TopRallant
70 sea this afternoon, lumber laden
from Port Gamble for San Franchises.
The bark Northwest arrived lAst
niQht from San Francisco, bound 20
PoFa Madison 10 load FstnFn cargo Of
lumber.
PoEr TewEsEzp, Aae. q, 1851.